diff --git a/instrumentation/rabbitmq-2.7/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/rabbitmq/RabbitChannelInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/rabbitmq-2.7/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/rabbitmq/RabbitChannelInstrumentation.java
index 89ccfd232a9a..99b4861ac6ae 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rabbitmq-2.7/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/rabbitmq/RabbitChannelInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/rabbitmq-2.7/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/rabbitmq/RabbitChannelInstrumentation.java
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ public static void stopSpan(
       if (callDepth.decrementAndGet() > 0) {
         return;
       }
+      if (scope == null) {
+        return;
+      }
 
       scope.close();